British 6th Armored Division

The British 6th Armored Division was an armored division of the British Army that existed from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1958. The division was supplied with Matilda II and Valentine tanks at the start of World War II, but it would later be armed with Crusader tanks and M4 Shermans. In November 1942, the division took part in the Operation Torch landings in North Africa, and it saw action in Tunisia as a part of the British 1st Army. The division then joined the British 8th Army for the invasion of Italy, and the division ended the war in Austria in May 1945.